Instead, she spoke most animatedly about participating in the weekly Stonewall Protests, which usually begin outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, that have been held every Thursday evening since June of 2020. Led by the organizers Joela Rivera and Qween Jean, both Black trans women, the Stonewall Protests refer as much to a collective as to the standing series of demonstrations. The first post on the group’s Instagram account (@thestonewallprotests) declares: “We are a community of Black queer and Black trans activists fighting for visibility in the Black community and abolition in this nation. The Stonewall Protests are currently where Kuriki-Olivo is spending most of the energy she once devoted to live performance. “These spaces are about healing, is how Qween puts it,” Kuriki-Olivo said, “especially for Black trans queer people.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2021 10:52 UTC